The Process of Conditioning

The process of conditioning

The scriptures give us many examples and promises of a great End-Time revival. The prophet Joel prophesied about the day in which we now live indicating that there would be a great and unusual outpouring of the Spirit which would produces a massive end-time harvest.

Joel 2:28	And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
29	And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
30	And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
31	The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
24	And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25	And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

These scriptures clearly speak of a great outpouring of the Spirit in these End- Times. A time when the sun shall become darkened, and the moon becomes red in color. See Matthew 24:29.  Some things are certain, they are a part of Gods plan, they will happen as God said they would. The harvest will be brought in during a time of great revival, these things are certain and sure. Our responsibility is to be ready when these events take place. Just like a surfer who knows the wave will come and has to be positioned and ready to ride it in. 

Psalms 110:3

Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

As this verse indicates, God will have a people who are ready in this day, the day of His power.  The prophet Joel prophesied that during this time the Lord will roar out of Zion.

Joel 3:15	The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
16	The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

I am sure we have not understood the magnitude and power of the coming revival. The Lion of Judah will come on the scene with a roar that will shake the entire planet and a great army will go forth across the earth, this last and final missions thrust will take the gospel to every tribe to every language group in this earth. Mat 13:38  The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 

Matthew 13:39

The enemy that sowed them is the devil;

The harvest is the end of the world(age) God promised that He would have a people ready for these great End-Time events;

Psalms 110:3

Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power.

We need insight and foresight

It is not enough to be able to understand what God will do i.e. (insight) we need foresight or the wisdom to prepare for what is coming. God spoke to Noah and said a flood was coming upon the whole earth, that was insight; but God also gave Noah the foresight to prepare an Ark. 

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

Five wise and five foolish virgins

Jesus used this prophetic story to warn the End-Time church, and I guess most Christians have read this story many times. This parable gives us insight and foresight into the days in which we now live. We the church are called to the marriage of the Lamb, now note; these ten virgins all had oil in their lamps which speaks of salvation and the experience of the infilling of the Holy Spirit, however only half of them were ready for the coming wedding.

Matthew 25:6	And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
8	And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

We need to understand that all of these twelve virgins had oil in their lamps, but five of them carried extra oil with them. When the oil in their lamps of the five foolish virgins was used up they had no reserve. It is not enough anymore to just be getting by day by day, we have to carry a double portion of the spirit, in other words we have to have twice as much as we have now.

The process of conditioning

Our capacity for the Spirit of God has to be increased; part of this next outpouring of the Spirit will serve to condition us to carry a much greater anointing and a much greater presence of the Lord. There will be powerful manifestations of the spirit that will heal deep hurts and deeply rooted hereditary problems. Strongholds of the mind will be broken as God prepares many vessels to carry His glory. Some of these encounters with the Lord will be quite violent as demonic strongholds are challenged by the presence of the Lord, the fire of the Lord will be manifest in a great way to purify the hearts and minds of those who submit to Him. This process of conditioning if submitted to adequately will result in the New Creation man coming forth like never before able to carry a double portion of the Spirit. This army that God is raising up will then go forth in great power and authority reaping the harvest.

2 Timothy 2:20	But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
21	If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

Blessings
Neville Johnson July 6, 2009